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McMaster University

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History

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HISTORY 2S03

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Martin Horn

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Fall

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2S03 Readings ch. 9-12
Hans Fritzsche’s speech to the Berlin Foreign Press Association 268-269
- It is possible that military tensions and even small-scale conflicts may continue for 8-10 years
but Germany will continue to reconstruct and reorganize along German lines during this
- No intention of pursuing Britain and America into the wilderness to fight them - thinks Britain
will want to be included in German new Europe after military defeat
- Do not wish to acquire vast distances but to concentrate on the vast European tasks of the
future
- Though no peace will be concluded, the entire labour effort of the people will be concentrated
on production targets more in line with peacetime – the hardships of war will disappear
- Begins and ends by saying the outcome of the war is decided
- Propaganda piece
President Franklin D. Roosevelt – Four Freedoms Speech 270-271
- Democracy against tyranny
- Since USA was providing support to Britain, had to justify why
- Social and economic problems are the root cause of the social revolution which is today a
supreme factor in the world
- Basic things expected by the people of the political and economic systems:
· Equality of opportunity for youth and for others
· Jobs for those who can work
· Security for those who need it
· The ending of special privilege for the few
· The preservation of civil liberty for all
· The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider and constantly rising
standard of living
- Four essential freedoms
· Freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world
· Freedom of every person to worship god in his own way
· Freedom from want
· Freedom from fear
- These things are attainable here and now
- The antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the
crash of a bomb
- Must oppose it with the moral order
- Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them
Joint statement by Churchill and Roosevelt about their principles for the post-WWII world 271-272
- No aggrandizement of territory
- No territorial changes that do not accord with the wishes of the people concerned
- They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government – sovereign rights and
self government restored
- Will endeavour to further the enjoyment of all States to the trade and to the raw materials of
the world
- Fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field - Peace – all nations have a sense of safety
- Freedom to traverse the high seas
- Abandonment of the use of force by all nations
Shirley A. Star examines the motives behind why soldiers continued to fight 272-275
- Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour meant war and to go to war meant to have to win
- Little support of the attempts to give war meaning in terms of principles
- Four freedoms not very effective on men in the USA – only 13% could name th